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Passion and Partings

Passion and Partings

Passion and Partings Author: Jane Mace Right from the start, ‘the people called Quakers’ recorded each other’s ‘dying sayings’. This book tells how, happening upon some of these by accident, a 21st century Friend learned of their speakers’ passion for equality and...
Cycling with Cuthbert

Cycling with Cuthbert

Cycling with Cuthbert Author: Nick Morice Illustrator: Harold Gosney Twelve holidaymakers and a leader set off from Durham on a week’s cycling pilgrimage across Northumberland. Their goal is Holy Island, and on the way they learn the story of St Cuthbert and visit...
Cycling with Peter

Cycling with Peter

Cycling with Peter Author: Nick MoriceIllustrator: Harold Gosney In Cycling with Cuthbert, twelve people go on a one-week cycling holiday from Durham to Lindesfarne, Northumberland. In this sequel, they re-unite for a similar holiday in Yorkshire. But life moves on,...
The Ythan Estuary: An Environmental History

The Ythan Estuary: An Environmental History

The Ythan Estuary: An Environmental History by Dave Raffaelli The Ythan estuary on the north-east coast of Scotland is one of the smallest estuaries in the UK, but one of the best documented in terms of its ecology. Yet relatively little has been written about the...
Sawyer’s Story: Sawyer Spence – Plumber and Gentleman

Sawyer’s Story: Sawyer Spence – Plumber and Gentleman

Sawyer’s Story: Sawyer Spence – Plumber and Gentleman by Pauline Fothergill From Yorkshire plumber’s apprentice to London multi-millionaire Sawyer Spence’s life exemplifies the opportunities that a self-made man could seize during the innovative years of the...